New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-01
IN THE GOVERNORS HANDS
THE HlGu-LICENsE BILL PASSED BY THE
SENATE.

ne VETOED on THE GROUND OF bPECiAL LEU
IsLATION.
FEY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
ALBANY, March sl-rhe Crosby New York and Brook
vn bin passed the Senatn to-day ana is NO"
IN the hands OF the Governor 1t was not OK
r.c,ea that the measure would pass the
Senate 90 speedly, but Senator Edmund L. Pitts
pushed aside all obstacles, which were chiefly rules ana
barbados erected by Democratic
as the agents of the hQuor-dcaers To destroy these
barricades Mr. Pitts in the last two days has given
various notices which would enable him at the proper
moment to sweep them away and allow the Senate to
debate order o third reading and pass the measure.
Ali of tho Republican Senators aware Of the critical
position OF tho bill and several OF them, Senator Pitts
among them. did not keep business engagements they
had outside of Albany In order that they might be
present when vote was takon on the measure.
Every Democratic Senator was In his
chair this morning when Mr.. Pitts called
tho High License dill from the table. Early In
the morning the Committee on Internal Affairs con-
sistng Senators Connolly, Low and Durham, had re-
ported the bil favorably Mr. Durham tDem dissenting
Mr. Ps moved that certain rules be suspended In order
to Immediately tho bill In the COMMITTEES of the
Whole the to tSs @oop av
donna nded the yeas and nays.
consider this bill" said Mr. Pitts with innocent look
1--WE are" replied Senator Murphy but we are OPP
Senator Worth fsep) Of Brooklyn, asked Mr. Pitts to
taken our breath away" he said the rapdity with
which this measure is to be considered" ,
"hnows how he is going to vote on this bill and has
beard read all the arguments that can be made upon
It. mus. insist upon my motion being put
Obstacle No. vanished by vote of nineteen to thir-
Esrn s as TUea Sfns
against the motion This opened the way for debating tho
chair senator DAILY opened the battle for the Democrats
by Offering amendment providing that the measure
reasons ar voting ~ against it. as district in NewYorS
h studded with liquor dealers and It was with ainuse'
biz should not be looked at in partisan way. Dr.
of ne y s Sabe @ M s
the intention Of those who had drawn the bill 1t must he
vains for special Legislation why insist he asked,
ain imposing blessings on New-York and Brooklyn which
"will you the bill II extend its blessings to
the other cities OF the State = said Mr. Pitts.
rent then bustenDgly said 90 will not surrender
privileges to offer men, , And a., hen
perfected and then viii tell you whether VIII vote
Mr. Ptts-I,, Is plain that Democratic friends do not
intend to vote for the bill asr any sa y, Ss & 1t
s they TOd against y They p are
sss me e 'S it apply
The we'll q York a' a. great Which se tins at e %.,
sas"ed was doeidsd than Ns~yS
W.
~ ss %s %9s1s i We eoa rat or
a to senator %S S Ssders liquor BIZ apply
the cities in the stale that, they arc opposed to
osssiicns are %snuiaetred No Bill wouia satisfy them
a.: sa s" S ss s GHS s 9 3 Ps'
iop Why S% year ags that Mo sS vStss iIs
Of special sS.aUn win Moral
;s The ID. ss TS'' w Ss H p S be Be @ .
year WIN 5 The until
s other sa s BUS s T Il
ss put aaas5 r1,sS%aSS o
provisions OF this bill good not apply them to an the cities
IL sf . the S s ao tai w
vote or it, Cannot speak Tor nv DE rat associates 1nt
nis portion of the minority would vote iOr the bill
"Does Senator Pierce imply" said Senator Comstock,
shat of the Democratic Sen atorS OF the minority
are intelligent"
TWAS clearly perceived, however, by the Republicans
that Senator Perces prolier intended TO misead
them and that 1t not sincerely made Senator Smith
swiftly scored good poin, against the Democrats II
good goes but that has the fault of not
plying all the Cit IN the state That 10 say, 1t sa
good bill applies to all the cities in the state hut
becomes bad when IL is limited 10 New York and
Brooklyn. What CT logic is that This can he said,
That law is found to work we'll in New York and
Brooklyn 1t be extended TO the other cities of The
s,ac Ihave always found that Is better 10
take a half leaf when can't get a whole one"
Mr. DAILY said that the law was ample to suppress dives
and liquor saloons In New York Mayor Hewitt
and the Excise Commissioners doing more to cor
tac evils OF liquor selling than the bill could pos
Senator Worth followed with defence OF Brooklyn,
State In his opinion the greatest reform that could De
Instituted would be compel people liquor
they bought 1t and deprive them of taking 1t away "
their homes He said the High License bin sup
ported by public sentiment IN New York Brooklyn.
That evidenced by the fact that niue OF the ten
Senator Fassctt said that the OF the Democrats
apparent ~ everyone When bill WA. general
ono they declared 1t too sweeping and when applied
acknowledged that the License bill was benehcent
In the state No sooner were they driven out from lie
hind tree before they lodged behind another IL
experiment, Il was tentative The Republicans had not
%s m a5 s mean Of aGr Oh.
Senator Low said an honest public sentiment was
back of the bill 1t recognized reasonable and
rational way OF dealing with the traffic in liquor pro
In regard drunkenness worse than IL is at present
This measure would satisfy the temperance sentiment OF
Senator Reilly dDem) protested against sumptuary
legislation This bill, he said, originated In tie anti
effort to seek mission and make political capital
Senator Kalncs said the signs Of the times showed
1888. The bill is not special legsation lie said 1t Is
an amendment general act In ns &c. 81
In other parts Of the State Newfork always has had
bill cannot be vetoed special legislation The bIll
does not AFFECT the rights OF inc ~
fairly represent New YORK sentiment in this nattcr DO
they represent New Yorks thousands of moral citizens
pity the people OF New York they do but cannot
convince me that the moral people OF NewYork op
posed to this bill It is the Democratic membcrs OF the
Legislature alone who are opposed 10 restricting The sale
OF liquor.
Senator Daly-Has anything said which implies that
We are opposed TO restricting the sale Of lquorl
senator fact that you oppose this bill is evidence
enough The TACT also that you Dd In the corridors
solid delegation OF opposing thus bill evidences
that they IL viii damage their buSiuess
senator wodThis is not political bill because know
& sayS aHa
people desire II people cities could
The bull they would pass IL
Worth said he knew that they he'd large tom
perance meetings in Brooklyn, but the PEG
pie could muster only 1000 for Mr. Beecher for
Kings County last fall II the bill
passed the votes Of thousands OF German Republicans
would be lost
This ended the speeches. The Committee OF the Whole
then voted report bill fayoraby in the Senate
The amendments of Senator DAILY making the bill apply
TO all cities rejected by OF IL 20 Democrats
voting for the amendment Other amendments OF Sen.
DAILY aud Senator Reilly rejected. The bill
WA them nasseI hY Dcl Ia